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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?
(a) A pack of wolves.
(b) A fox.
(c) Three men.
(d) A cat.

2. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?
(a) "Jezebel."
(b) "Dark Victory."
(c) "Juarez."
(d) "Kid Galahad."

3. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?
(a) 14th Street.
(b) 2nd Avenue.
(c) 3rd Avenue.
(d) 5th Avenue.

4. What kind of dog was Fred?
(a) German Shepherd.
(b) Great Dane.
(c) Rottweiler.
(d) Dachshund.

5. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Walden," White wrote, "I have never knelt at the grave of a philosopher nor placed wreaths on" what?

2. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?

3. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?

4. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

5. When had White registered for the draft when he became eligible in "First World War"?

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